Key-ring holder.



W. H MENDELSOHN.

KEY RING HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.g6,191s.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

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ED STATES PA ii 1;

WILLIS H. MENDELSOHN, or GARDENA, CALIFORNIA.

KE'Y-R'I NG HOLDER.

. Specification of Letters Patent. Patcgntgfl App, 29, 1919,

aspiration tien-oeto'ber 26, 1918. Serial No. 259,793.

of the invention to provide a device of this general character having 4novel and improved means whereby the holder is effectively -mounted inapplied position.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a' device of thisgeneral character including ahook memb'erwith which a key ring or thelike is adapted to be engaged together with novel and improved meanscoacting with said hook member to prevent accidental displacement "ofthe key ring.

An additional object of theinvention is to provide a device of thisgeneral character consisting ofa member provided with garment engagingmeans and with a hook with which a key ring or the like is adapted to beengaged together with a barrel or sleeve secured in said member and inwhich is mounted a spring pressed plunger coacting with the hook toprevent accidental displacement of the key ring or the like from thehook.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved key ringholder whereby certain im portant advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to de scribe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of akey ring holder constructed in accordance with an embodi ment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken through my improved holderas herein embodied;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the intermediate or bodyportion of the elongated strip comprised in my improved holder and Fig.4 is a view in plan of a blank from which the sleeve or barrel as hereinemployed is formed.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, A denotes an elongated stripof metal having one end provided with a returned tongue 1 whereby thedevice may be readily engaged with an article of wearing apparel. Theopposite end portion of the strip A is returned to afford an inwardlyfacing hook 2. The hook 2 is arranged at the side of the intermediate orbody portion of the side A opposite the tongue 1.

B denotes a sleeve or barrel formed from a sheet of metal or othermaterial and the upper or outerend portion of the sleeve or barrel Bisclosed by the head .3.

The barrel or sleeve 13 is preferably formed from a blank a rectangularin form and integrally formed with a marginal portion of said blank isthe circular extension b which results in the head 3.

The opposed marginal portions of the blank when formed into the sleeve Bare bent to afford the flanges 4 which embrace the opposite longitudinalmargins of the intermediate or body portion of the strip A and which fitwithin the cut-out or recess portions 5 in said strip A whereby thesleeve or barrel B is held against movement longitudinally of the stripA when the barrel or sleeve 13 is in applied position.

Diagonal corners of the blank 64 are provided with the extended pointsor prongs 6 which are adapted to penetrate an article of clothing whenmy improved holder is in applied position, and which pointed extensionsor prongs 6 serve to maintain my improved holder against accidentaldisplacement.

The lower or inner end of the barrel or sleeve B is open and slidablymounted within said barrel or sleeve B is a plunger P constantly urgedtoward the free end of the hook 2 and normally maintained in contacttherewith through the medium of the expansible member 7 herein disclosedas a conventional coil spring, interposed between the inner end of theplunger P and the head 3 of the barrel or sleeve B. It will be selfevident that by this arrangement a key ring or the like engaged with thehook 2 will be effectively maintained thereon so that the possibility ofloss is substantially and entirely eliminated. The yielding mounting ofthe plunger P readily permits the desired application to or removal fromthe hook 2 of a key ring or the like.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a keyring holder constructed in accordance with my invention is particularlywell adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility withwhich it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious thatmy invention is susceptible of some change andmodification withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a key ring holder comprising amember provided with engaging means and with a hook, a sleeve secured tothe member inwardly of the hook, and a plunger mounted within the sleeveand constantly urged toward the free end of the hook and normally incontact therewith, said member being provided with a recess, and thesleeve being provided with a flange fitting within said recess wherebythe sleeve is held against movement longitu dinally of the member.

sleeve and constantly urged toward the free end of the hook and normallyin contact therewith.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a key ring holder comprisingamemberprovided with engaging means and with a hook, said member being alsoprovided with a recess,

and the sleeve being provided with a flange fitting within the recesswhereby the sleeve is held against movement longitudinally of themember, said flange being provided with penetrating means for holdingthe member against displacement when in'appli'ed position, and a plungermounted within the sleeve and constantly urged toward the free end ofthe hook and normally in contact therewith.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix'iny signature 1n the presence oftwo witnesses.

WILLIS. H. MENDELSOHN.

Witnesses:

N. B. NELSON, R. GoLDscHMID'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Paf uts,

Washington, D. 0.

